Not to complicate things but it is my understanding that Cedrus atlantica has been lumped into the species libani. The "atlantica" form is now classified as a variety/sub-species of Cedrus libani at least in the nursery trade.
On Nov 20, 9:45 am, Kouta Räsänen <[email protected]> wrote: > Jenny, Steve et al., > > I guess Steve has right: rather Cedar of Lebanon than Atlas Cedar > because of flat-topped crown. > > There are a lot of similarities between European and your vegetation. > Considering trees, there are even shared native species, like > Juniperus communis and Alnus incana. Many species pairs are very > similar, like Betula pendula - B. papyrifera, Ulmus laevis - U. > americana, Populus tremula - P. tremuloides, Populus nigra - P. > deltoides etc. > > > for some reason they are often the ones that are out of favor back in North > > Ameica: silver maple, box-elder, and black locust as examples. > > That's true. I think one reason is that there are not similar species > in European nature: no maples with silvery leaf underside, no maples > with compoud leaves and no large fabaceous trees. The gardeners like > trees they don't see everywhere in the bush. In addition, the locust > borer is absent in Europe, and consequently Black Locust is very vital > here - even too vital: in southern Europe it has become one of the > most common tree species. > > - Kouta -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
